Low water levels pose an obvious problem for fishermen and farmers, but experts say the decline in sediment exposes a different danger that can result in greater erosion of the river's banks and bed.
Families facing imminent eviction to make way for Luang Prabang dam say authorities have promised to make them whole for their losses but few believe it
The National Hazardous Substances Committee voted to put herbicides glyphosate and paraquat and insecticide chlorpyrifos in the category of banned chemicals starting Dec. 1, but it remains unclear what the farmers will use to replace these commonly used chemicals.
Laos dismisses fears that its next hydropower dam on Mekong River would devastate downstream communities after neighboring countries and rights groups raised their doubts at regional forum in the capital last week
Coal burning and idle vehicle engines have pushed pollution to unhealthful levels in the Southeast Asian country’s major cities
Some fish farmers in the nearby town of Nong Khai have begun moving fish enclosures out of the river and into manmade ponds fed by pumped-in water, said Krit Hemarak, 39, a local fish farm entrepreneur
Warmer ocean temperatures, a possible sign of climate change, are pushing the mega-storms toward Japan instead of Taiwan and the Philippines
Tonle Sap Lake provides more than 70% of the nation’s protein but a growing population, changes to the lake’s unusual seasonal rise and fall, dams and illegal fishing practices may combine this year to mean a smaller than usual catch, and higher
NASA scientists say temporary shrinking of the hole is most likely from warmer weather not recent efforts to cut pollution
From January 2020, the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) will ban ships from using fuels with a sulphur content above 0.5%, compared with 3.5% now
Chinese President Xi Jinping suggests international cooperation in protecting seas and tapping their resources
Asia's major delta systems, home to 400 million people, are being lost to rising sea levels, thirsty megacities and upstream dams
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